Basic Primer on Land Use & Zoning

In a 13-page summary judgment order entered last week, a federal court in New York ruled that the sponsor of a Manhattan luxury building–The Brompton–must return a $510,000 deposit plus interest to the once-prospective purchasers of a $3.4 million condominium. The decision, termed a “real game changer” and […]

Greg Owen and his wife own the Maryhurst Retreat House in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Built in 1910, the House was once owned by the Catholic Church where it served as a rest house for vacationing clergy and nuns. The Owens, who recently purchased the property and are in […]

Effective September 1, 2009, the North Carolina General Assembly added electronic notice requirements and public comment opportunities with respect to the imposition or increase of fees. S.L. 2009-436, which added N.C.G.S. Sections 130A-64.1, 153A-102.1, 160A-4.1 and added N.C.G.S. Section 162A-9(a1), imposed the following requirements: If a covered entity […]

For more than 13 years in the City of Poughkeepsie, located in the unparalleled Mid-Hudson Valley of New York State, from December to mid-January, an event known as the Celebration of Lights has taken place in the City’s downtown. The Festival’s primary purpose is commercial—to attract shoppers to […]

To resolve the uncertainty of zoning ordinances—previously protected from challenge by the arcane, equitable defense of laches—the North Carolina General Assembly enacted in 1981 a nine-month statute of limitations. This statute, more appropriately described as a statute of repose, defined the window within which “a cause of action […]